Roles of the insular cortex in the modulation of pain: Insights from brain lesions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2684-2694

  Starr, Christopher J ^a   Sawaki, Lumy ^a   Wittenberg, George F ^b   Burdette, Jonathan H ^a   Oshiro, Yoshitetsu ^a   Quevedo, Alexandre S ^a   Coghill, Robert C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULA; INTROSPECTION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STROKE;

EID: 63849134755     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5173-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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